Emily Foster Photography

Rightfully old, becoming beautiful...

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This blog has been my first and most favourite place to share all that I love with you. It is those very first posts, in their dark and over-sharpened glory, that I look back to see all that I've learned and felt in the past years. I can still feel the overwhelming excitement that daily welled within me when I read those old words, look at those old pictures. Everything was so new and wonderful: a first client, another idea, a second client, another lesson learned. I love that what once was new has rightfully taken it's place as a beautiful memory. It has become the old, the past. Now, with more overwhelming excitement than ever before I eagerly anticipate what opportunities I may call new in their time, and what else will continue to take it's place as rightfully old, becoming beautiful.

With a bit of hesitation, I brought myself to design something new. To start over. And with more hesitation, I write these words. But I've learned... change may just be a reason why we have beautiful memories.

Bittersweet and beautiful all at once xx

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In Love.

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The quiet. The beauty. The shared sister secrets. The laughs to follow. The surprises. The dress up. The prettying for pictures. Waiting for the next morning, the latelight that evening holds. The marveling. Adoring. Waking up to sweet smells in the kitchen. The Jane Austen. The reminiscing. My Dearma, my Poppa. Their love.

All of it, seamlessly undying and unending. I leave, every time, a little bit more in love...

John.

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Darling, she is.

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For you.

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Madailein.

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Dress Up.

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A Whole Lotta Love.

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The Prettiest Thing...

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Hullo New York City :)

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Love,

Time Square Church. My favourite from the week. Everyone was so in love with God. Nothing more or less to say.

Good company. If you're going to go to New York, there is no one better to go with then the sweetest family, the Gales. A best friend to share the excitement of stepping into Louis Vuitton with is much needed.

Site seeing. It was amazing to stand where Tess in 27 dresses had her wedding, or Prince Edward in Enchanted unsuccessfully tried to save his Princess Giselle in Central Park, or Hannah in Made of Honour strolled with her soon to be beau Tom. To walk down Fifth Avenue and see Armani, Gucci, Burberry, and Fendi. The statue of Liberty is also a lot bigger than I thought!

Mmm, Forever 21. I know there's one here. I've been - many times. But in this one, I think I ventured to a huge second floor with the whole first floor hanging over my arm. If I'm not shopping in this store, I will not be shopping.

Ten dollar "designer" bags. Oh - and the crazy guy on the street shouting it! "Deeesiggner bags!" I cannot. believe it. myself." Do I wish I had a video camera in my pocket. But it was the first real purse I bought. No more wallets or school bags. Phew :)

Pictures. I was so grateful to have my camera on this trip. So many memories to never be forgotten. These are just some of those captured straight from the camera.

What I could do forgetting,

Walking. Walking alone is fine, but hours of it in the wrong shoes, is not fine. All I can remember is ouch.

The overwhelming hospitality from taxi drivers. Beyond frightening. You're more than risking your life trying to cross the street. Their driving skills do come in use when lost with sore ankles. Not all taxi drivers possess such vigorous driving skills though. We met one quite pleasant who eagerly returned a lost wallet within minutes of finding it.

The lack of sleep. This city may never sleep! But I do!

Adam & Linds

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They were so brave for pictures, I loved it.

Congratulations Adam and Linds xx

Lindsey & Dave

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Everything was pretty and pink, my favourite.

A week before the wedding, the weather forecasted rain, but it held out all day until the very end, giving us a rainbow - making for a happily ever after.

And my favourite from the day...

Beth.

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This girl, this sunshine.

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So these photos have been edited, stared at, tweaked, stared at, changed, stared at, and judged, all while sitting in Lightroom for quite some time.. I thought it was finally time to share them with you :) Spring is finally on its way, bringing many more photo shoots after a long boring picture-less winter.

But I just love the sunlight glowing in her hair.

And speaking of things I love, this blog would be one - it just might make you think.. www.voveoproject.blogspot.com

Going to the Chapel...

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Miss Sarah Gamble

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Sarah and I had been trying to do pictures for so long now. It turns out that we finally had the time on what started well, and turned out to be so cold we were nauseous. But this girl does know how to laugh, despite the cold.

I see the modeling potential :)

Why Hullo Winter :)

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I am most certainly ready to say goodbye to winter and hullo to summer! Only a few months and counting.. But I do have to say thanks to this supermodels Mum for braving the cold! With three other girls too. We managed to come out alive with 10 minute breaks hiding in the car and some hot chocolate.

She is my first, and only model for this winter. Also the first for this year. Happy 2009!

Isn't her dress beautiful?

These are just edits specifically for blogspot, because it does a good job at draining the colour. So she might look like she's floating in thin air?

Those lips, those eyes, that face.

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When it comes to money, I always seem to think in terms of "Ouu, that would make a gorgeous picture" as appose to "I should probably be saving my money"... I just had to buy the red lipstick... Or my Dad just had to buy the red lipstick for me :)

He Was Nothing But Happy

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He also wasn't supposed to be running with that stick...

But still, very happy!

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We missed the kiss, but still so adorable..

A Boy to Remember.

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London. He is the best at the no laughing trick. The best at making sure I don't get a second of rest. The best at making sure I finish with 500 shots. He's my favourite dragon slaying, castle building, rock climbing explorer. A photographer's dream.

I shot their family earlier this summer. Now it's time for fall pictures! I'll have more of my favourites soon. Sadly, this is probably my last shoot seeing green for the next few months. But thankyou very much to Mum and Dad.

Christine & Nathan

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Here is the lovely lay-a-dee Christine, and her soon to be husband, Nathan. I did their engagement pictures this past weekend. It may be weird to post five pictures in the exact same spot. Buttheywereallsocute!

Not only was it my first time shooting at this gorgeous place in Ancaster, the Hermitage, but my first time shooting a couple on horses. To top it all off a group of people rode over on 6 horses trying to get a group picture. So Nathan schemingly asked if he could help with the picture :) and then politely if Christine and himself could get on the horses.

I was tempted to put them in black and white, but with that hot pink scarf I couldn't...

Marsaia & Mummy

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Beautiful Family, Beautiful People

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This beautiful family of four being, Mum, Dad, Kevis and, Marsaia. Mum and Marsaia are just gorgeous. Kevis is all boy and all of two years that he is. He's his fathers boy. I think every time I photograph children, I just love it more and more. I'll have the rest of my favourites up as soon as I finish proofing the session.

I think Kevis has a stick in his hand in most of the shots, so cute..

Here are the rest of my favourites...

A Jalopy, as they would call it.

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On our way up to Bancroft there's a little white church i've been dying to photograph this girl in front of. Just so happens that on our way up this time, there was an old 1938 vintage, french Citroen . Which makes for a lovelier background, a lovelier subject and, a lovelier picture.

Because of my family, that's oh so eager to stand around well I shoot for a minute, that can turn into a hour.. They put me on a time limit of 10 minutes! Two pictures in 10 minutes, with everyones favourite harsh mid day lighting. How did I do?

Crisp Linens.

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On Saturday afternoon we attended Little Miss, or no longer little, Kristy's becoming of eight. With cake, presents, and turkey! It was all events in one day. Which means, were all just extra thankful for her that day. She was very proud of her silver coin purse, which held twenty five in counting loonies, glitter craft (her Mum was even more thrilled about that), high school musical game and books. But if anyone asked her what her best, favourite and most amazing present was of becoming eight, she'd tell you she no longer has to sit in her car seat. She truly is no longer our little Kristy. Happy birthday!

And a picture for the post.. Mmm, don't you just love clean laundry :) one of the many on my thankful for list. Including having photoshop working and back again. I'll have the rest of the girls shoot sometime this coming week, along with some more shoots. Happy Thanksgiving!

One, two, three, four, five, six.. Seven!

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So Sunday, was the long awaited shoot. My first session of this fall season. Actually, my first fall session ever. And my first session with seven girls! All lovely seven being, Brandy, Jennie, Lisa, Kristy, Brooke, Kristel and including little Emma, who's here and there, with her long blonde hair, big blue eyes and rosy cheeks. If I had previously mentioned that an earlier shoot was the most fun I had had. Well, I take it back. Does anything beat seven girls?? Here are some of the shots, so far my favourites. But that always quickly changes.

Her Again.

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I love the way she scrunches her nose when she laughs. All the more adorable. Aren't the colours just gorgeous?

Cinderella and the Ballerina.

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My favourite sisters! Kalei and Kiera. You will also meet little miss Kendra, the youngest of the three, later on. Here's just a few of my favourite shots from the day. They brought the most adorable dress up costumes along with them. They were so eager to put them on! Their Mum had to bribe them with the costumes for their smiles :)

I'll be back with lots more from this shoot and some others. I'll try to start posting pictures frequently again. Summers leaving. Which means less sun flare to play with, and less colours to pop! So I'm trying to keep up with all the editing I need to do and the lack of time!

Thanks so much to Connie for letting me spend the morning with the girls! Enjoy..

Lisa & Chris {They're Back}

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Water.

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A Party For Three.

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Next door lives our friends, Kalei and Kiera. They invited us over to our first stuffed animal party. We blew bubbles, talked about their friends and took pictures :)

Colleen & Patrick

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He broke his nail. (Seriously ripped the edge off)
She had a huge spider crawl up her head.
But they still smiled in the pictures :)

Congratulations Colleen and Patrick!

Nicholas.

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First time doing a newborn. I learned lots! Mostly that I need a new lens. Anyone? :)

Nicholas Verhey.

Love this, had to post it first
I think its the hand

The Brave and Daring

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Here is the last bit of pictures from our week in Bancroft with only two from Egan Chutes. The bugs there were disgustingly horrible and everywhere. And with the little knowledge I have of how to shoot waterfalls and tricky light, I tried.

But of all days visiting this was by far the most interesting, seeing as how my Dear Dearma can climb and jump over huge rocks and venture into raging water rapids. If you dare to tell her she can't, be absolutely certain she can. Yet! The tinniest little stone sent her flying flat on her face. With little pride to bear she stood up, after every family rushed over to question her death, spat out rocks and with a smile announced, "I'm fine" :)

Shirley Temple.

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I loved how her soft curls caught the sunlight.

There's No Place Like Home

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Elizabeth's back with her pretty face and I'm back with pictures from every second, minute, and hour of the day. I'll save you some confusion and make it as simple as can be by separating the posts. The first few were at Lamabe Beach. The other beauty full model would be my Dearma. She's the more courageous in the family..

The Loveliest of Pairs {Part 2}

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The Loveliest of Pairs

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The two make the loveliest pair of crazy older brother and adorable little sister. London loves all things monster and superstar. Eden loves to sleep, eat and cry. The basics. I was so proud of London for lasting close to an hour and a half. Other than the fact we could have left him alone on the train tracks for longer and he would have been quite fine knowing he gets a sucker later too. Thankyou very much to Amanda! She's super mom... Enjoy :)

Happy Birthday to James!

There's more to come.

The Lighthouse and the Church.

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Soon to be Mister and Miss Hyttenrauch...

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I'm absolutely sure this is the dirtiest of photoshoots I've ever done. Within the first five or so minutes I managed to trip in tar... All over my hands, feet, shoes and the bottom of my pants. Then running around in water later I hoped for it to wash off but only got myself more wet. But, it was definitely the most fun I might add! I've always wanted to do graffiti shots with a couple and I actually ADORE these.

But thankyou very much to Nataley and Brent. There's still more pictures to come. You guys are awesome and congratulations!

Meet my friends

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I thought I'd introduce you to two lovely people... Katielyn (Katelyn) and Scott. Before I took her picture she told me she wasn't photogenic, puhh - lease! And Scott is very brave, might I add. He risked to many diseases to list to step bare feet in that puddle for me. Whatta nice boy.

Mister Jadon.

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For lovely Michelle, and sweet little Jadon...
(There's still a few more)

Thanks so much!

PS. Happy Father's Day to Pastor Tony!

Saturday.

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A Walk.

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The tree's were dancing..

Blue Eyes.

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She wants to kill me for putting these up, but I just love her big blue beautiful eyes. And I got 50 (no exaggeration) new bug bites trying to get them..

Lisa & Chris

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Only if you knew what they were really saying.. On our way to the Pier we passed by an old house that had two towers,

Chris, "I want one of those in my house.. Like a library."
Lisa, "I wouldn't go in there."
Chris, "That's why I want it."

..She couldn't stop smiling all day and he was just so smitten with her. Which gave me tons of shots. Besides the half of Lisa hitting Chris. Really so sweet to see :)

Click to see bigger!

It's Always The Prettiest..

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After It Rains.

Her Dance Class.

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Court & Beth

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I wish I could tell you these were the outtakes.. But! They're not :) I just can't get enough of them.

The Three Of Them.

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The Mask.

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She brought me to a friend of their's house. It was old, everything was antique and fragile. So sweet, adorable and way out in the country. After walking around in circles through it, it just happened to be so big. She picked up the mask in the corner of the stairs.

Today.

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Tomorrow. And yesterday.

I had some help with her sweet smiles!

Friend {Re-done}

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In short, I am so lucky for her. She's cried with me, laughed with me, always listens every time I complain, she's been there for the hardest times and literally shares my pain. She's awesome, and I could never forget it. Most importantly, she's not camera shy.. love it and love her!

I liked this version much better.

She Makes Me Laugh

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Photocred: Erica

Processed by me.

(Bought the new "Itty Bitty Actions".. Still trying to figure out how to use them! Can you tell?)
www.ittybittyactions.com

Everything and Anything

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Randoms..

Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder.

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Mr. & Mrs.

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The last thing she was yelling, "Where's my Mom?"

Natural State.

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Natural sun flare. The prettiest thing

..When she can't and won't keep a straight face
(The Outtakes)

Smile :)

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Erica Rose Desiree Kilner

This girls just amazing! I spent the day teaching her everything and anything about photography (or at least what I know), so that would be why the pictures are just of me. And she spent the day teaching me how to properly smile? Because she knows of course! It may have been unsuccessful, but it was tons of fun and I'm smiling anyways :)..Whether or not I'm doing it properly!

To Dance.

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she just loves to dance. and she just adores my ballet shoes too.
[even though they're mismatched - click to look closer]

.. and yes, she had my dance shorts on

Photo booths and Photoshop

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.. Thanks to the courtesy of the mall, the photo booth, photoshop and my eternally gorgeous friend, Keely!

ps. not the most flattering photos

Sister

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she's almost never this sweet looking.

"To Fall In Love With Grace"

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Elizabeth Grace Foster.

I was captivated by how the sun washed everything out.
So vintage. So different. So loved it.
Besides, what else is there to do on a snow day when you're grumpy and still half asleep

Game On

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My cousin, Kristy's soccer game. It was hot and long. But she played her heart out and she was awesome! She got so annoyed with me taking pictures because she couldn't focus! Although I love her concentration here.

Anti-Rule

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I've decided to go with the something I could have dug up in my Great Grandma's Attic look. A little crazy, but oh well! This town was so sweet and little.

(Credit for processing goes to my Uncle.)

Emma

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My daughter Emma - nearly six years old - came to me all aglow this morning. She lay at my feet on my bed all stretched out as if she hadn't a care in the world. "Mommy," she said, "I had a wonderful dream last night." "What was it about?" I asked. "I was a Queen," she answered. And as she did her cheeks blushed pink. "Really!" I replied. "What happened in your dream?" "I was wearing a long, beautiful dress," she said with hands gesturing downward, flowing. "Was there anything on your head?" I wondered aloud. "Yes, a crown." "Hmmmm, why was that such a wonderful dream?" "I just love feeling that way!" "What way?" And with a sigh she spoke one word . . . "Beauty." (Emma's dream, as told to her mother)

- In the book, Captivating written by Stasi Eldridge

.. I just couldn't wait to put that up! :)

The Sweetest Thing.

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She leaned into kiss him and he turned away and took her hand.

They had so much fun together, but I think we had even more fun watching them..

So Let the Sun Shine In...

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She looked beautiful and the sun complimented her so much more. We were staying at out Grandparents and got bored. Oh, how useful a camera can be in dire situations!